through the back door
idiom
: in a secret or indirect way
He managed to get into the private club through the back door because he has a friend who works there.
accessing the computer security system through the back door
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Republican Representative Barry Moore of Alabama left a town hall meeting through the back door on Thursday without delivering any closing remarks after being repeatedly booed and jeered by audience members.
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James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Firefighters were able to go through the back door to free her.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
Yes, but that didn’t stop some employers from making her mother enter their homes through the back door.
—Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Surveillance footage revealed that the victim, Aguirre, was inside the bar drinking when the suspect, Dain Graham, walked in through the back door carrying a rifle inside a duffel bag, a homicide detective wrote in the affidavit.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2025
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James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Firefighters were able to go through the back door to free her.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
Yes, but that didn’t stop some employers from making her mother enter their homes through the back door.
—Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Surveillance footage revealed that the victim, Aguirre, was inside the bar drinking when the suspect, Dain Graham, walked in through the back door carrying a rifle inside a duffel bag, a homicide detective wrote in the affidavit.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Through the back door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/through%20the%20back%20door. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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